Revolution 1938

() It is already 5 pm when Zhou Xiangyu and his team finished their inspection tour of the steel plant and machinery manufacturing plant under construction. The itinerary for this day is quite sufficient. For Zhou Xiangyu, what he saw this day completely overturned his original understanding of this From the perspective of the world, many things seem to be as miraculous as magic, but things that I didn’t think about in the materials that night were astonishing when I saw them in person.

Not to mention the huge 10-ton aircraft carrier and the all-metal jet fighter, the large flatbed truck that can carry more than 100 tons and the huge heavy-duty hydraulic press like a hill are beyond the imagination of people of their time up.

The sun in the sky has gradually set in the west, and the scattered electric lights on the construction site have begun to light up.The busy workers on the construction site gradually began to walk to the cafeteria in twos and threes.

"Mr. Zhou, it's getting late, why don't we go have dinner too!"

"Okay, let's eat in the cafeteria! Get together with the workers." As the older generation of revolutionaries, their generation of workers did not have the sense of superiority of the leaders of later generations. As revolutionaries who came together from the Long March Or, the disconnection with the bottom people is completely unimaginable.

Seeing Zhou Xiangyu's insistence, Xia Hai'an no longer insisted. As a leader who has been stationed in the combat unit for a long time, it is his normal state to eat and live with grassroots soldiers, and there is no discomfort at all.

Tang Xing, on the other hand, felt a little embarrassed. Seeing other people walking towards the cafeteria without any grievances, he suddenly reflected, hehe smiled, yes, he still hasn't forgotten the old times, even the rules of conduct There are still some imprints of that era. In this era, there are no such complicated rules. The workers of this era are the most simple and purest. They don't mind gains and losses at all, and everything is for the cause of revolution.Tang Xing, who was hesitant at this thought, quickly walked a few steps to catch up with the people in front.

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The canteen at this time is the busiest time. Today, a 10-ton refrigerated self-unloading transport ship in the logistics formation docked at Huishan Wharf with the efforts of the tugboat. Provide braised pork and sweet and sour short ribs.For those low-level workers who usually live frugally, it is such a luxurious work meal to serve braised pork at every meal.

During dinner time, many workers have already passed the off-duty time, but if they work overtime until 9 o’clock, they can enjoy a free dinner in the cafeteria during dinner time. This is quite attractive to most workers with large families. Therefore, overtime work has been left behind one after another, not to mention, as long as there is an overtime pay of 5 cents per day for overtime work, this is the family's food expenses for 2 days.

Wang Agou used to collect night gold in Puhai, but before coming to Puhai from Anhui, he was a well-known plasterer in the village, and he also had a good carpenter's skill.

I have been in Puhai for 4 years, and I have a son and two daughters. There are 5 people in my family. Although I can’t die of starvation by emptying the toilet with my wife, I don’t have much to make a living. After a few years, I just searched in the shantytowns of Yangshupu. Build a shed in one place.

However, because he has a lot of mud and water work, the shed is not bad, and it is enough to shelter from the wind and rain. He often builds walls and puts up tiles for the neighbors around him, which has earned him a good reputation.

As the saying goes, good people get good rewards. It’s not yesterday that the old workers from Pu Naval Factory found a job in Xinzheng Fu’s factory, and they didn’t forget about him. They knew that he was good at mud and water, and the factory was renovating the factory building and building a new warehouse. , I brought him together and introduced him to the factory to have a working meal. There is still 25 yuan a month, which is much better than the early pay of the night gold...

After work today, Wang Agou originally wanted to go home early, but Axian who brought him hurriedly stopped him.

"Silly dog, don't leave. There is an overtime pay of 5 cents for working overtime at night. After a month, I will give you an extra 10 yuan. If you leave, you will be gone."

"Ah, is there overtime pay?"

"Of course, the new zheng fu doesn't pay attention to work for nothing, and it says distribution according to work, so we workers won't suffer."

"Then I'd better go home and eat something, otherwise I won't have the strength to work overtime, and the manager will gossip if I see it."

"Silly dog, the factory provides food, leave, leave, there is braised pork in the cafeteria today, if you go late, there will be no big fat meat, hurry up."

"Braised pork!" Agou, who was immersed in the taste of the braised pork when the son of an old scholar in his hometown became an official and returned to his hometown to marry his wife, was involuntarily dragged by his old neighbors to the canteen of the factory.

The cafeteria was bustling with people, although it was crowded, but after a few days, most of the people knew that they needed to queue up a little bit, one by one in order to find a place for themselves in the queue, and then took one by one. Dinner plates, said the chefs with shy faces like cooking. "Master, a little more, a little more, a big appetite."

The chefs who cook vegetables are all wearing white gowns. If you don't pay attention, you think they are doctors in the hospital, but when you look closely, you find that they are all older women.

Wang Agou entered the factory in the afternoon, and it was the first time eating in the cafeteria. Seeing his neighbors bowing down to please the master, he followed suit, saying "Master, more, more," with his eyes wide open. Staring at the steaming white rice and braised pork in the counter, he didn't pay attention to the chef's appearance.

"Agou, you have also entered the venue." A familiar voice sounded, and Agou's attention was turned away from the braised pork. At the same time, a large piece of steaming white rice cut into squares was thrown Buckle into Agou's dinner plate. <Sister is also from Anhui. She is a fellow of Agou. Her husband died early. It all depends on Sister Chun to help people wash and mend clothes to bring up their two skinny boys. The folks are not rich, but they always patronize sister from time to time, and you also work in the factory! "Ah Gou was curious, but he didn't hear that my sister is now the tofu Xishi in our canteen. How many people are fawning on me every day, which day some old man can beg my sister, and then he started to make fun of her, causing the people around to burst into laughter. <Sister heard There was not much reaction to these, and I skillfully beat a spoonful of braised pork with a spoon and put it on Agou's dinner plate. After thinking about it, I poured a spoonful of broth on Agou's rice. Then Said to A Gou, "Brother Wang, I was always taken care of by you in the past, I am here to thank you.It just so happens that I know how to cook some meals, for the two boys to eat, so I went into the factory to cook, thanks to everyone's kindness, you can still eat the meals I cook, I thank you all, and I also accept this kindness.One after another, they said good things, good things to say. <Sister nodded, then walked to the next counter with a plate, made a big spoonful of bean sprouts and vegetable soup with egg flowers, and then walked outside, sitting next to a few workers I just met. <Sister’s thanks, Ah Gou didn’t feel that much moved, nor did I think about it. Life in Pu Beach is not easy for everyone. If neighbors can’t take care of each other, they will starve to death in this city long ago.So I think these are all reasonable.

On the contrary, there is no way to resist the tangy smell of meat at this time. A Gou touched his arms and found that he did not bring chopsticks. Also, when he was brought to the factory, the old neighbor did not say that he would have dinner, so he did not expect it Bring tableware, what should I do now, do I have to eat with my hands?

At this moment, the worker who was eating a lot of food saw A Gou looking around, and then saw that he was holding the plate with both hands, so he knew what was going on. He didn't raise his head to speak, but stretched out his empty left hand. Arriving in front of Agou, he pointed to a cabinet not far away.Indicate that there are cutlery there.

Ah Gou trotted over and opened the cabinet after studying for a long time. He saw a lot of chopsticks and spoons layered inside, so he reached out and took out a set. The tableware had obviously been washed and steamed, and it was still hot. , this posture is not so elegant even in the big hotel in the concession.

I took the tableware, closed the cabinet door, and saw a few dishes of condiments on the table next to the cabinet. I went to smell it, and found that it was soy sauce, vinegar, and hot sauce, and there were even snow-white fine salt and pepper in the two small bottles. Powder, this fine salt has never been seen in the market so fine.

These are put here and no one cares about them. Aren’t they afraid of being taken away? After reviewing the next four weeks, I found that the workers who entered the factory a few days ago were used to it. At this time, a worker who also came to get the tableware saw Agou in After studying these seasonings, he said, "Don't look, you don't need these at night. If you need seasoning, you can ask the chef for broth. These are only needed when eating noodles and wontons for breakfast."

"Ah..." Agou heard this, but he didn't dare to ask in detail, and hurried back to his place. The braised pork was calling him, and he asked the old neighbor who brought him for breakfast when he was working overtime.

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Although apart from Zhou Xiangyu, the other escorts always look different from those workers, but because there is delicious braised pork today, and Zhou Xiangyu and his party are not special, they also queue up to eat with dinner plates, so Except for the workers who got a few glances when they walked into the cafeteria, there was no other disturbance at that time.

After eating, Zhou Xiangyu, who walked to the few empty tables outside, looked around at the workers' meals and then at his own, then asked.

"Comrade Hai'an, has your food always been this good?"

"Hehe, Mr. Zhou, how should I put it, today you came just in time. A food freezer ship of ours happened to be in port, so there is no shortage of pork now. It was not so good a few days ago. At least there was no braised pork to eat. You can only eat fish as a meat dish."

"Eating fish is already very good, but I haven't eaten it for a long time."

"We all know the difficulties of Zhong Yang, so we are going to send some non-staple food to Zhong Yang for adjustment. These workers in the factory are busy for our industrial development, and we must not treat them badly.

Food is the most important thing for the people, at least let them eat well. All our factories provide workers with two standard meals of breakfast and lunch for free. If they need to work overtime, they can also provide a free dinner.After all, we don’t have much money now, so if the wages don’t go up, we can improve the benefits a little bit, so that everyone can work with peace of mind. "

"It should be, it should be, if the workers live this day every day, they don't need to rise up to revolution, don't they? Think about it, if the authorities of the Republic of China didn't oppress the workers, the workers would not take up arms to revolutionize themselves." At this point, Zhou Xiangyu recalled the days when he was engaged in the labor movement in Puhai.He couldn't help staring at the plate in front of him in a daze.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, our industry is not a capitalist industry, but our socialist large-scale industry. We will establish a comprehensive worker welfare mechanism and minimum wage guarantee, and we will not let our workers suffer any more. .

In addition to providing these benefits of free meals now, when the factory is officially in operation, we will also build workers' apartments and workers' schools, so that the workers will not suffer.At that time, I also hope that the operation of the Party Fu will improve the corresponding labor laws and regulations, and build a large socialist industry together. "

"Yes, yes." Hearing Xia Hai'an's words, Zhou Xiangyu pulled his thoughts back to the present, "You have done a good job. When Suzhou is liberated, you will go to Yan'an with me and tell Mao Runze these words. I think he will come up with more practical and effective arrangements. I believe that we Communists can not only lead the workers and peasants to revolutionize, but also lead the workers and peasants to live a good life.”

"Prime Minister, this is for sure. We are confident. Let's not talk about it. The rice is cold. Eat braised pork. This is the specialty of the chef here. It is said to be very fragrant. I was just listening to our workers We're talking." Seeing Zhou Xiangyu's expression eased, Xia Hai'an immediately greeted everyone for dinner.Immediately there was laughter and chatter at the dinner table.